Winstonian1984 Posted January 18, 2015 Posted January 18, 2015 Anyone know what the winner's time was?1:30. results are up
Bloukrans Posted January 18, 2015 Posted January 18, 2015 What a nice ride. Did the short route. Saw a rider holding his arm next to the naval camp on the descent. Hope he is ok.
iamStewart Posted January 18, 2015 Posted January 18, 2015 Does annoy me that on Racetec they still have the distance as 55km, where in fact the long route was 58,1km, so average speeds read lower than what they were in reality. I know I'm being picky, but they should be getting this right.
Guest DieBees Posted January 18, 2015 Posted January 18, 2015 Does annoy me that on Racetec they still have the distance as 55km, where in fact the long route was 58,1km, so average speeds read lower than what they were in reality. I know I'm being picky, but they should be getting this right.They must fix it. Your not being picky! If you pitch up with too little money you wont be able to enter. They must fix it!
devocean Posted January 18, 2015 Posted January 18, 2015 Is the racetec site down? Could somebody pls post the first page of the results if they have them? Thanks!
MRT1 Posted January 18, 2015 Posted January 18, 2015 They must fix it. Your not being picky! If you pitch up with too little money you wont be able to enter. They must fix it!This will be fixed on Monday , only some teams work on weekend not all the staff.
rasheed1412 Posted January 18, 2015 Posted January 18, 2015 As a social (below average) rider DONT tell me it a 55km race and make be race 58km. Damn it was hard. It was my first time and doubt if I will do this race again. The only grace was weather it was awesome. Also why did the short route guys start so soon after longer route guys.
DJR Posted January 18, 2015 Posted January 18, 2015 Had a great ride, super weather, great turn out, good organisation. Just that tiny little cassette I run at the moment had my legs a bit wobbly on Red Hill.......will just have to htfu!
Bloukrans Posted January 18, 2015 Posted January 18, 2015 As a social (below average) rider DONT tell me it a 55km race and make be race 58km. Damn it was hard. It was my first time and doubt if I will do this race again. The only grace was weather it was awesome. Also why did the short route guys start so soon after longer route guys. It will get better with TITS. Don't become despondent and give up now. Safe cycling
'Dale Posted January 18, 2015 Posted January 18, 2015 I missed the wind!!!Winding up Red Hill, Simonstown Harbour looked like Monaco - mirror glass smooth
DJR Posted January 18, 2015 Posted January 18, 2015 I missed the wind!!!Well, we found it this afternoon at Paarl. It is blowing to make grown men on bicycles cry!
Johny Bravo Posted January 18, 2015 Posted January 18, 2015 Nice race, great route. Took it easy on the mtb, with knobblies. 2 complaints, water points were poor poor, beyond ***, yes, I know we as riders are suppose to carry enough fluids and food, but I wasnt. And usually PPa races inform you how far to go till you finish, 5km, 2km etc, not being familiar with the area at all made it tough for us. We paid money to race, all I got for that was a medal, nothing else that would make me pay again compared to the hundreds of casual riders just riding the route for fun.
pbp2007 Posted January 18, 2015 Posted January 18, 2015 Nice race, great route. Took it easy on the mtb, with knobblies. 2 complaints, water points were poor poor, beyond ***, yes, I know we as riders are suppose to carry enough fluids and food, but I wasnt. And usually PPa races inform you how far to go till you finish, 5km, 2km etc, not being familiar with the area at all made it tough for us. We paid money to race, all I got for that was a medal, nothing else that would make me pay again compared to the hundreds of casual riders just riding the route for fun.Thank you for the feedback. Just a couple of questions for clarity: What particularly do you think we need to do better on the water points? What would make the ride better value for money?
DJR Posted January 18, 2015 Posted January 18, 2015 Nice race, great route. Took it easy on the mtb, with knobblies. 2 complaints, water points were poor poor, beyond ***, yes, I know we as riders are suppose to carry enough fluids and food, but I wasnt. And usually PPa races inform you how far to go till you finish, 5km, 2km etc, not being familiar with the area at all made it tough for us. We paid money to race, all I got for that was a medal, nothing else that would make me pay again compared to the hundreds of casual riders just riding the route for fun.Now, really, we rode the whole race on 1 bottle of water that we carried from start to finish. How many water points with what kind of refreshments do you reckon the PPA should put on for a race that is under 60 kms long? Personally, I thought they could have left any water tables out altogether for this one. As for determining the distance, most people just had to look down at the bike computer, no need for sign boards to warn you. Today I rode without a bike computer myself (stupid thing just died), and there were so many fellow riders who were happy to tell me the distance, I could have work out a pretty accurate average whenever I asked. Or did I somehow miss the tongue in cheek emoticon?
Bernard Horn Posted January 18, 2015 Posted January 18, 2015 I believe 2 bikes went missing in Simonstown after the race.Bummer!!!
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